Dictionary Entry
moth
moth is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A mote. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A mote.
- 2noun
Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth.
- 3noun
Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc.
- 4noun
Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvae of several species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvae of Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus.
- 5noun
Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
- 6noun
typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae
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